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scott17818

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Midcoast Maine
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Scott
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Charlton
someday i will come up with a name for my rig, but for now she is nameless
I bought her in October 2018, a very mildly used 2016 Tacoma TRD OR 4x4 v6 Auto with 20k miles..
came with yokohama geolandar AT tires, and factory predator steps.
I ordered a tonneau cover to keep the snow out of the bed. (mod #1)
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checking the local trails, being cautious, learning capabilities of the truck
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Fast forward to Fall 2019, I had bouhgt myself a RTT & KBvoodoo rack for a group trip to NMW in May of 2019, was a great trip.. and started the modding bug..

in October 2019 (before this pic) I bought new wheels and tires.

*Method Racing MR305NV 17x8.5 0offset in bronze with 265/70/17 Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac C-load tires
*Cobra 75WXST CB radio
*Baofeng UV-5R+ radio with a Nagoya 771 antenna (no ham license yet, so I only use FRS frequencies).

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did a trip to NMW and decided I needed a mount for my tablet for mapping, and using Gaia/google maps offline maps.
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February 7th 2020 I ordered an SSO slimline Hybrid bumper.....


COVID - 19 happened..........................

I went on a little adventure after winter on that same trail pictured above... and trashed my predator steps.... ooops so i hopped on TW, and facebook.. looking for sliders... someone refered me to a NJ craigslist posting for a set of Mobtown offroad HD bolt on sliders.... I was under Mandate through my work not to leave the state.... I had a buddy in NH that was not doing anything for a day, he headed to NJ, I paid through paypal for the sliders, then he drove up to Maine and I met him in Kittery, Me... I then the next monday sent them to powdercoating in Auburn, Me.... less than a week later....
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fast foreward to June 9th 2020 bumper arrived raw steel SSO slimline hybrid... arrived.. very well packaged..

I added 3m grip tape to teh sliders.. also so i dont scratch up the top surface of the slider bars.
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off to sandblasting, and powdercoat it went this one took 3 weeks to return to me, and I was also on wait for my winch smitybilt X20 10 comp winch, and BD 20 S8 lightbar but here she is about 4 weeks ago mounted.. still need to wire up the lightbar, looking for a switching solution... thinking the six shooter..... this pic is from a meetup in Wells, Me with NAC (Northeast Adventure Company) I met up with Benjamin Reed Senning, he was installing the suspension I was interested in...

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scott17818

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next week my tax return came back... I ordered my suspension Dobinsons MRR/MRA full kit 2.5" with heavy front coils (I plan to put the SSO stage 2 wings on the front bumper, as well as full steel CBI skidplates, and LCA skidplates.) I also got the 111 rear leafpack with MRR/MRA rear shocks (on backorder until september). as well as JBAoffroad high castor UCA's, Archive Garage U-bolt flip kit with superbumps. 4 days later (2 weeks ago).....
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leafs not pictured... sorry... also got urethane Bushing kit, as well as greasable shackle bolts.
front struts are all assembled, just waiting on a last minute part from Toytec.... shock extenders... no-one has inexpensive shocks that will accomodate tacomas with a 2-3" lift in stock everything is on backorder mostly due to Covid......
I also ordered the ECGS bushing, and a Facebook member sent me the removal tool to use.

this should all be getting installed on Tuesday...
 

persquank

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Modding can definitely escalate very quickly. Looks pretty good so far.
 

scott17818

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I just ordered myself a garmin inReach Mini... keep myself safe in those places with no service... maybe save a life someday....
 

John Levers

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Off-Road Ranger I

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Unity Maine
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John
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Levers
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Ham/GMRS Callsign
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Fire Service
Charlton next mod you need on your taco is to add Ob members badge by joining. but it looks good
 

scott17818

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Midcoast Maine
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Scott
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Charlton
Suspension install completed....

Dobinsons MRA's all around. 3 way adjustables high and low speed compression, as well as rebound.


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lift installed riding on rear stock shocks (with extenders, dont do this blew out the rear shocks on last NMW trip)

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Picture of the truck all loaded out after a camping trip truck is Minus about 3 gallons of water, and 12gallons of Fuel. all my camping gear minus clothing, and Biolite stove/grill fit into 2 Plano outdoorsman locker boxes. my 77Qt cooler, camp chair, roll up table, and 3 Jerry cans fit in the bed with my RinseKit+
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